Population Matters: People, Resources, Environment and Immigration - Tapa dura

"This is a collection of thought-provoking essays, worth considering for an upper-division undergraduate course in population problems.""--J. De Vries, Choice" -This is a collection of thought-provoking essays, worth considering for an upper-division undergraduate course in population problems.- --J. De Vries, Choice -A strident and lonely voice, carrying on the legacy of Herman Kahn by assaulting the conventional wisdoms of environmentalists... Simon scores hits by fingering extreme forecasts.- --Future Survey -This book provides the reader with an optimistic, Simon would say realistic, approach to the population-environment debate. . . . This book is a valuable and thought provoking collection of essays which are a must for anyone interested in population and environmental issues, and which provide food for thought for those who have despaired for the future of humankind and the earth which supports it.- --Heidi Marriot -Overall, these are well-written and entertaining pieces. The book is appropriate for professionals, students at many levels, and the general public interested in these most fundamental topics.- --Kenneth E. Hinze, Social Science Quarterly -For someone wishing to read consistently cheerful news about the human condition, Population Matters can be highly recommended. For readers less attuned to Simon's unrelenting optimism, it provides stimulating and thought-provoking if often exasperating fare.- --P.D., Population and Development Review "This is a collection of thought-provoking essays, worth considering for an upper-division undergraduate course in population problems." --J. De Vries, Choice "A strident and lonely voice, carrying on the legacy of Herman Kahn by assaulting the conventional wisdoms of environmentalists... Simon scores hits by fingering extreme forecasts." --Future Survey "This book provides the reader with an optimistic, Simon would say realistic, approach to the population-environment debate. . . . This book is a valuable and thought provoking collection of essays which are a must for anyone interested in population and environmental issues, and which provide food for thought for those who have despaired for the future of humankind and the earth which supports it." --Heidi Marriot "Overall, these are well-written and entertaining pieces. The book is appropriate for professionals, students at many levels, and the general public interested in these most fundamental topics." --Kenneth E. Hinze, Social Science Quarterly "For someone wishing to read consistently cheerful news about the human condition, Population Matters can be highly recommended. For readers less attuned to Simon's unrelenting optimism, it provides stimulating and thought-provoking if often exasperating fare." --P.D., Population and Development Review "This is a collection of thought-provoking essays, worth considering for an upper-division undergraduate course in population problems." --J. De Vries, Choice "A strident and lonely voice, carrying on the legacy of Herman Kahn by assaulting the conventional wisdoms of environmentalists... Simon scores hits by fingering extreme forecasts." --Future Survey "This book provides the reader with an optimistic, Simon would say realistic, approach to the population-environment debate. . . . This book is a valuable and thought provoking collection of essays which are a must for anyone interested in population and environmental issues, and which provide food for thought for those who have despaired for the future of humankind and the earth which supports it." --Heidi Marriot "Overall, these are well-written and entertaining pieces. The book is appropriate for professionals, students at many levels, and the general public interested in these most fundamental topics." --Kenneth E. Hinze, Social Science Quarterly "For someone wishing to read consistently cheerful news about the human condition, Population Matters can be highly recommended. For readers less attuned to Simon's unrelenting optimism, it provides stimulating and thought-provoking if often exasperating fare." --P.D., Population and Development Review "This is a collection of thought-provoking essays, worth considering for an upper-division undergraduate course in population problems." "--"J. De Vries, "Choice" "A strident and lonely voice, carrying on the legacy of Herman Kahn by assaulting the conventional wisdoms of environmentalists... Simon scores hits by fingering extreme forecasts." "--Future Survey"